Peanut 🥜 Zongzi Recipe (Perfect for Beginners)

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Makes 12 (Medium-high steam for 45 minutes to 1 hour)

1kg glutinous rice, soaked overnight
10 pieces dried mushrooms, soaked overnight
450g salted roasted peanut
12 L or 24 M dried shrimp
12 dried scallops
1 medium red onions
1 tablespoon fried shallots

Seasonings
Mild olive oil for cooking, 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp fish sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1-2 tbsps of dark soy sauce, optional

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Hey, welcome to my backyard kitchen! I’m excited to share a super quick and easy way to make my 20 years old recipe of peanut rice dumplings.

I'll guide you through wrapping zongzi in two different styles. Today, let's make quick, easy, and super tasty peanut dumplings, no fail recipe.

First, wash, boil, and clean the bamboo wrappers, letting them air dry naturally. Here’s all the ingredients you need.

Start by cooking diced red onions or shallots in a mild olive oil. Then, add in some shredded dried shrimp and dried scallops for that extra umami flavour, along with soaked and diced, puffy mushrooms.

For seasoning, mix in sugar, fish sauce, oyster sauce, and crushed salted peanuts to your liking, plus dark soy sauce. Finally, stir in some deep-fried shallots and combine everything well.

Remember to turn off the heat before adding the peanuts to avoid burning. Once that’s done, let it cool completely!

Now, let’s dive into the wrapping part. This is style one. Make sure to pay close attention to each step, alright? And here’s style two. I’d love to hear which wrapping style you tried — style one or style two in the comments below the video!

Cook them for about 1 hour. it depends of the sizes. If you’re making larger ones, like the ones my previous video, they’ll need to cook about 2 hours, so save some energy by making them smaller or medium sized instead. Now that it’s all done, remember that hard work pays off. It’s time to cut into them, and I’ll show you what the inside looks like.

The rice is perfectly soft and fluffy, and the filling is so delicious that you won’t be able to stop eating! Just a heads up, try to stick to one or two, don’t go overboard, even though they’re super tasty.

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Happy Cooking, Happy Eating and Happy Dragon Boat Festival! Good bye, my friends!

Helpful Tips

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